Grain carrier



0 B. HALL.

GRAIN CARRIER.

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1,423,609. Yatented Jul-y 25, 1922.

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IN VEN TOR.

Orrin E. Hall A TTORNE r;-

0 B. HALL.

GRMN CARRIER.

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INVENTOR.

Orrin B. 1222 12 A TTORNE Y 0. Bi HALL.

i GRAIN CA RRIER.

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[N I 'ENTOH. Orrin 5. Ha If A TTORNE )1 DRB'IN B. HALL, OF OATVILLE, KANSAS.

GRAIN CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJuly 25, 1922.

Application filed August 1, 1921. Serial No. 488,920.

T 0 a1 l whom it rrmy concern:

Be it known that I, ORRIN B. HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oat-- ville in the county of Serlgwick and State of ansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to an attachment for combined grain-=harvesters and separators,

which machines are well known and in extensive use. The object of my invention is -to save time and labor in delivering the grain fromthe separator to the elevator, railway car or other destination.

The type of machine above referred to comprises in its construction a large hullwheel located on the elevator side. Without using my invention, the present practice in delivering the thrashed. grain without an intermediate sacking, is, either to drive a wagon alongside the separator to receive the grain from a spout, or, to tie a wagon to the separator frame for the same purpose; thus loading the wagon while the harvester progresses through the field. Both of these methods are attended by serious inconvenience and loss of time. When a wagon is tied to and carried along by the machine, the side draft thereof caus'os the machine constantly to swerve to end side.

My improvement comprises as an attachment, an elevated grain-tank (carrierlof a. capacity equal to that of a large wagon or truck, mounted upon the frame of the thresher directly above, or as nearly so as possible, the hull-wheel. in with an upwardlyextendcd elevator arranged for conveying the grain from the separator up into the tank, which has a normally closed outlet suitably located. for discharging into a truck or wagon. This device as tested by me does not ause any lateral pull upon the machine carrying wheels, and it dispenses with the lahor of driving a truck or wagon along side, or of tying a wagon to the man-him) and :letarhing it. therefromw Referring now to the ovcmnpanying draw-- ings:

Fig. l is a side elevation. of tho frame and ground-wheels of a c mbined separator, omitting the harvester portion. us equipped with a grain carrier embodying the inven tion: Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of" the same,

combinationomitting a; part of the separating machine; Fig. 3 l5 atop plan view, and ig. 4 is a sectional detail taken horizontally through the gate of the carrier.

l designates the sills of the frame of" a thresher or separator of the type herein referred to; 3 and 2,, the carrying wheels thereof; 4, the tailings elevator. I have omitted the harvesting part of the machine, as a showing thereof would add nothing to a disclosure of the invention.

7 designates a. tank, which may be constructed of wood or metal and in any preferred form, being as shown, rectangular, comprising side walls, a bottom, and no top. This tank is supported by suitably arranged iron bars 9 which are secured at various points to the frame 1 as shown, or in any preferred manner. The bottom of the tank is provided with several exterior angle-bars 19, to certain of which the upper ends of the supporting braces 9 are secured. As viewed from the side, the tank is located directly over the bull-wheel 2. As seen from the front or rear, the tank is projected outwardly as shown, so as to discharge into the center of a receiving-truck or wagon. The

bottom of the tank is inclined for this pur- The elevator marked 5 is the usual delivery elevator, extended upwardly as shown to a point above the top of the tank for discharging thereinto, through a spout 6.

The outer wall of the tank is provided with a large outlet opening (not shown) normally kept closed by a gate.

The type of gate employed is almost immateria the gate shown herein at 10 is vertically slidable between guides formed by a pair of Z bars 12, secured to the tank wall. For most convenient opening and closing of this gets, I prefer to employ a cord and pulleys or a lever arrangement as shown on Fig. l, in which a rock-arm 17 and a handlovcr 13 are mounted on a rock-shaft lfl. A slot in arm 17 receives a pin 18 projected from the gate 10. The lever 13 extends toward the drivers seat to within the drivers reach, and is held at any desired angle by a latch '16 engaging a notched quadrant .15 on the tank.

Operation: As the harvesting machine, which is carried upon the frame 1. travels through a field, the elevator 5 will be driven with the threshing elements and will deliver rein into the carrier 7. A motor truck. or a wagon meets this machine at a point where 2. In combination with a, combined grain the carrier 7 is tilled, the driver opens the harvester and separator including a-frame- 25 gate 10, and the carrier em ties Into the work, elevator and bull wheel; a grain tank truck or wagon, which takes t e load to desarranged beneath the outlet of said elevatination. Immediately the gate is rec-losed, tor and supported by frame elements above the machine proceeds with the cutting and the bull wheel; a downwardly and outthreshing. wardly sloping floor for said tank; a gate, 30 My improvement is very desirable in all slidably arranged in ides secured on the cases where the grain is taken away from outer side fare of and or closing an opening the separator in bulk, unsacked. into said tank a rock shaft on said tank a Having thus described my invention, I hand lever and a slotted rock arm operable claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patthereby on said shaft a pin on said ate on 5 ent: gaged with the slot of said arm an means 1. In combination with a combined grain for securing said lever in desired positio s harvester and separator including a framefor maintaining the gate in selected posiwork, elevator and bull wheel; a grain tank tions and in a plane parallel to but beyond arranged beneath the outlet of said elevator the plane of the 1 lter face of the bull 0 and supported above the bull Wheel by frame Wheelelements; a downwardly and outwardly sloping floor for said tank, and a gate, nor- ORRIN HALL mally closed. arranged in the outer wall of Attest: said tank in a plane parallel to but beyond M. Y. CHARLES the plane of the outer face of the bull wheel. J. R. HALL. 

